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The Eagles added their first free agent of the offseason Monday by signing inside linebacker Brad Jones, a 28-year-old, six-year veteran who was released by the Green Bay Packers last month. Jones, 6-foot-3 and 242 pounds, signed a two-year contract and will provide depth at a position that sorely needs it. The Eagles will return starters Mychal Kendricks and DeMeco Ryans, although Ryans is coming off his second ruptured Achilles tendon. Emmanuel Acho and Casey Matthews were the top reserves last season, and Matthews is a pending free agent. Najee Goode and Travis Long, who were expected to contribute last year, are also coming off season-ending injuries. That means Jones, a...

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The Eagles added their first free agent of the offseason Monday by signing inside linebacker Brad Jones, a 28-year-old, six-year veteran who was released by the Green Bay Packers last month. Jones, 6-foot-3 and 242 pounds, signed a two-year contract...

The Philadelphia Eagles on Monday signed free-agent inside linebacker Brad Jones to a two-year contract and allowed the 4 p.m. deadline to pass without using franchise or transition tags on any of their pending free agents.Jones, who likely will be a...

When you win 10 games in the NFL, you usually would prefer to keep your core group together and build around it.
But in the case of the Philadelphia Eagles, there could be as many as nine new starters next season, thanks to a combination of expiring...

— Getting ready to play a team as talented as the Dallas Cowboys should be motivation enough, Philadelphia Eagles coach Chip Kelly suggested on Monday. All the extra stuff about the game being on Thanksgiving and the Cowboys being a longtime NFC East...

— Just when the Philadelphia Eagles thought they might start to be getting stronger again, another key player went down.
Inside linebacker DeMeco Ryans, the leader and glue of the defense, wasn't able to finish Sunday's game with a groin strain. Although...

— For Marcus Smith, it's still a long way to Bustville, that dreaded dead-end destination no NFL first-round draft pick ever wants to encounter, especially because it is haunted by the ghosts of so many Philadelphia Eagles who came before him.
There is...

— Fortunately for the Philadelphia Eagles, they're headquartered at the NovaCare Complex, named for and equipped by the popular medical group that also treats thousands of other citizens across the region, including dozens per day right there in the...

— How quickly the Philadelphia Eagles can get to the point where their defense is difficult or impossible to predict will determine how quickly they can get back into the true championship contention they enjoyed for the most part from 2000-08.
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— Familiarity breeds something other than contempt, to hear Philadelphia Eagles coach Chip Kelly tell it.
Actually, listening to the players who have been with him since the start of his pro career last year, they believe it breeds harmony.
But whatever...

— Each NFL season beings an assortment of puzzles and surprises.
For the Philadelphia Eagles, the first of each became apparent the minute they officially announced their initial 53-man roster of 2014 on Saturday.
Among the notable names not on it was...

— Nobody on this earth, or perhaps even above or beyond, could have looked at the Philadelphia Eagles after their first-round playoff loss in January and envisioned a potential starting wide receiving corps of Brad Smith, Ifeanyi Momah and Arrelious...

— Special teams provide the most intrigue heading into the Philadelphia Eagles' first preseason game Aug. 8, head coach Chip Kelly said Friday, because those areas don't provide as much contact as the rest during training camp."You're not doing...